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Assessment for the Safety Worker Award is based on the individual's safety performance and a test of his safety knowledge.

For further enquiries on the award scheme, please contact the Labour Department's Safety Promotion Office on 2852 3565.

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Board of Education minutes to make public

The Board of Education (BOE) has decided to make public its minutes of meeting to further increase the transparency of its work.

At a meeting today (Monday), BOE members considered the existing measures relating to transparency appropriate.

Currently, BOE agenda, certain papers and reports are available for the media and the public. BOE also organises public consultations on important educational issues and proposals. In addition, press releases on BOE activities are regularly issued.

However, BOE members agreed that in addition to press briefings after each meeting, minutes of its main committee meetings should be made available to the media and members of the public on request in future.

At the meeting, BOE members were also told that the Committee on Home- School Co-operation was planning to set up a pilot Parent's Centre this year.

The centre will provide a social meeting place for parents and Parent Teacher Association (PTA) members and also serves as a meeting venue for PTA federations.

The Chairman of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation, Mr Tik Chi- yuen, said: "It is believed that the Parent's Centre, through the provision of updated information on education, parent education and family learning programmes for parents, will also serve as a bridge between the Education Department, PTAs and parents."

He also told the meeting that the first district-based PTA federation was formed last summer.